5 2 Beauty and the Beast (3D) $8,779,676
-50.5% 2,625 $3,345 $33,588,056
13 9 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked $3,076,168 -47.8%
2,070 -779 $1,486 $124,682,205
18 12 The Adventures of Tintin
$2,218,841 -45.0% 1,340 -733 $1,656 $72,321,006
21 24 Happy Feet Two
$427,309 -11.7% 331 -34 $1,291 $62,597,362
23 27 Puss in Boots
$355,089 -14.0% 292 -24 $1,216 $147,722,075
39 Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos
$119,300 42 $2,840 $119,300
I didn't know until just recently, but it turned out that this
year in U.S. animation releases started just like last year, with a
nominal release of an anime by Funimation. Funimation put "Fullmetal
Alchemist: the Sacred Star of Milos" in 42 theaters this week. Enough
theaters for the movie to break the $100,000 mark. The movie even got
enough reviews to score a tomatometer ranking.
> 5 2 Beauty and the Beast (3D) $8,779,676
> -50.5% 2,625 $3,345 $33,588,056
> 13 9 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked $3,076,168 -47.8%
> 2,070 -779 $1,486 $124,682,205
> 18 12 The Adventures of Tintin
> $2,218,841 -45.0% 1,340 -733 $1,656 $72,321,006
> 21 24 Happy Feet Two
> $427,309 -11.7% 331 -34 $1,291 $62,597,362
> 23 27 Puss in Boots
> $355,089 -14.0% 292 -24 $1,216 $147,722,075
> 39 Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos
> $119,300 42 $2,840 $119,300
> I didn't know until just recently, but it turned out that this
> year in U.S. animation releases started just like last year, with a
> nominal release of an anime by Funimation. Funimation put "Fullmetal
> Alchemist: the Sacred Star of Milos" in 42 theaters this week. Enough
> theaters for the movie to break the $100,000 mark. The movie even got
> enough reviews to score a tomatometer ranking.
$3,000 per screen is a LOUSY average. Here in DC, it got a token
blurb mention in a local rag (Washington Examiner), but no official
advertising. No theater listings, either. You had to Google the film
just to see where it was playing. A total botch by Funimation :-(
Terrence Briggs, who wasn't wild about the last FMA film that was
released, but that's not the point.
Peace to you...